The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2001
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
12:54 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 968
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 72.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.50° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.54° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.